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How ThistleGirl Designs MAY be used:
ThistleGirl Designs may be used to decorate your personal or commercial (family-friendly) website and emails, including signature cards on message boards and/or guestbooks provided the terms listed on this page are met. They may also be printed for personal use such as stationary, scrapbooks, etc. provided the terms listed on this page are met. Custom graphics may be displayed on this site at the artist's discretion. ThistleGirl Designs are available to all visitors, regardless of race, creed, religion, or nationality. ThistleGirl Designs retains the copyright to all graphics, custom or otherwise, at all times.
How ThistleGirl Designs graphics MAY NOT be used:
You may not, at any time:
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alter my graphics in any way to include, but not limited to, recoloring, resizing, combining, or adding text (unless specifically noted or in the case of blank banners, buttons and quilt squares which are designed for your text) |
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create new items from my graphics such as email stationary, blinkies, incredi-mail stationary, banners, awards, tubes, templates, etc. |
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distribute ThistleGirl Designs from your site or through email groups |
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sell ThistleGirl Designs graphics or products containing ThistleGirl Designs for any reason |
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direct link to any graphics on this site |
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print ThistleGirl Designs graphics on products for resale without prior approval |
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use graphics that you have purchased or received as a part of your membership package to decorate another person's site |
Your responsiblity:
In order to use the graphics found on this site, you must provide a link back to ThistleGirl Designs on each page where the graphics are used. You may use a logo supplied with a collection, or a text link in readable size. This includes using my graphics as sig tags or on message boards.
ThistleGirl Designs reserves the right to request removal of my graphics from any site, or to restrict use to any person due to objectionable content or violation of my terms of use. (I will ask nicely first, if at all possible)
Yearly Memberships
Memberships purchased on a yearly basis will renew automatically unless cancelled (prior to renewal date) by you. No refunds will be made for subscriptions that have renewed.
Use of ThistleGirl Designs graphics on commercial sites and/or for business promotion:
Any commercial site or use of ThistleGirl Designs graphics for business promotion purposes such as business cards, invoices, letterhead, forms, flyers, mailers, postcards, tags, etc is required to have a Commercial Usage License. Members of ThistleGirl Designs are granted a commercial usage license with their membership. If you are not a member of ThistleGirl Designs and would like to purchase a commercial usage license for $10.00, please contact me.
Use of ThistleGirl Designs graphics by web designers:
Website designers who charge for their services are required to have a Website Designer's License. Please contact me for further information on this.
Use of ThistleGirl Designs graphics on product you sell or distribute:
A Reseller license is for those who wish to use ThistleGirl Designs graphics on products they sell or distribute.
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This license is only for products that you create by hand or on your own computer. They may not be massed produced by another company for sale by you with out prior written permission (i.e. Cafe Press, etc.).
Such allowable product usage may include items such as notecards, stationary, digital embroidery patterns, forms, documents, etc. Disallowed uses include, but may not be limited to: logos you create for others, web templates, email stationary, virtual greeting cards and cross stitch patterns. Such items may be created for personal use only. If in doubt, please contact me. |
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All usage is bound by my conditions of use. You may not alter the graphics in any way, shape or form by changing the colors. You may add text as long is it does not alter the appearance of the graphic itself other than the textual addition. Resizing of .wmf graphics is permitted. |
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All products must include "graphics © www.thistlegirldesigns.com". This may be on the actual product itself, or on a small tag included with the product. You do not own the rights to any graphics you purchase for this use, and can not grant resell priveleges to another. For example, you may make and sell a machine embroidery pattern. You may not, however, grant someone the rights to use that pattern on products they resell on to others. |
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If your products will be downloadable from the web, you must make every effort to protect my graphics. This may mean, in the case of forms or documents, placing the document in .pdf format. |
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You must email me with the name and nature of your usage, as well as your site url if applicable. If in doubt, please contact me beforehand. |
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This license includes a commercial usage license. This gives you permission to use ThistleGirl Designs graphics to decorate your website (if applicable) as well as your business promotional items. These licenses are NON-TRANSFERABLE. Should you sell your business, and the new owner wish to continue using ThistleGirl Designs, they must purchase the appropriate licenses for themselves. |
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I reserve the right to request removal of my graphics due to objectionable (not family-friendly) content, violation of these rules, or violation of my terms of use. |
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Violation of these rules or my terms of use may result in revokation of your product usage license with no refund of fees paid. |
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You may only sell products containing ThistleGirl Designs graphics for as long as your membership is active. |
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It is your responsibilty to maintain a working knowledge of these rules and my terms of use, as they may change from time to time. |
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Once you have received your username and password to the membership section of this site, there are no refunds for membership fees. |
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